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Northwest Quadrant

Monday, March 25, 2013

Northwest Quadrant Will Green Downtown

Public gets a look at the changes that will appear in the northwest sector of downtown Deerfield during open house.

Jewett Park already gives downtown Deerfield’s northwest quadrant plenty of green space and it will be getting greener in the future. The public got a look at plans and drawings for the Village’s Northwest Quadrant—the area bound by Waukegan Road on the east, Deerfield Road on the south, the railroad tracks on the west and Hazel Avenue on the north—at an open house Tuesday. Earlier: Ideas Coming for Downtown Beautification “We had a nice number of people and they came with good questions,” Deerfield Village Trustee Tom Jester said. He chairs the working group charged with overseeing the process for the area. “Most of the discussion was (about) where all the parking would be.” Though the primary objective of the project will be making the …

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DeerfieldResident

9:05 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Does anyone know the real number on this project? It had better not be anything close to $25 million. Think of the results we could get if we were to invest even a quarter of that amount into economic development efforts.   more ›

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Ideas Coming for Downtown Beautification

Task force will see first drawings next month with a public open house to follow in November.

Sketches of a pedestrian and environmentally friendly plan for what the Village has dubbed the Northwest Quadrant of downtown Deerfield will be ready for public viewing by the middle of November, according to Principal Planner Jeff Ryckart. The Village decided a little over a year ago to develop a master plan for the area bounded by Deerfield Road on the south, Waukegan Road on the east, Hazel Avenue on the north and the railroad tracks on the west. “We want to make use of the open space as a place for people to walk, bike and enjoy,” Village Trustee Tom Jester said. Jester is chairing the task force charged with developing the master plan. “We have it to be something much more inclusive and attractive for a greater number of people.” That…

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5:22 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012

The caucus nominating season is about to kick into gear. Anyone who wants to run for office, now's the time. Get in front of the caucus, or run as an indie and skip it and spend your time knocking on doors.   more ›

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